Researchers said the man developed foreign accent syndrome 20 months into his treatment and it remained until his death.
developed an "uncontrollable Irish accent" until his death after being treated for prostate cancer, according to research published in the British Medical Journal.
The report said the man lived in England during his 20s and had friends and distant family members from Ireland, but had never visited the country or spoken with the foreign accent. The researchers believe his voice change was caused by a condition called paraneoplastic neurological disorder , which happens when cancer patients' immune systems attack parts of their brain, muscles, nerves and spinal cord.
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